Mains Syllabus

• Old Chapters

  Chapter 1 - Indian Economy & Issues

  Chapter 2 - Inclusive Growth

  Chapter 3 - Budgeting

  Chapter 4 - Agriculture

  Chapter 5 - PDS

  Chapter 6 - Food Processing & Related Industries in India

  Chapter 7 - Land Reforms

  Chapter 8 - Effect of Liberalisation

  Chapter 9 - Infrastructure

  Chapter 10 - Investment Models

• Strategy

  

• PYQP Questions

  Railway PPP 👇

  

  PDS & Food Processing 👇

  

  Silver Economy for Old Age 👇

  

• Takeaways

  1. 360 Degree Approach
  2. Multidimensional Question
  3. Skills Needed
     1. Lot of Knowledge - Concise
     2. Lack of Knowledge - Expand

• 5 Step Approach

  

  

  

  

  

• Time Management in Mains Exam

  

Chapter 1 - Agriculture

• Agri Answers Structure should be according to Dalwai Panel

  1. Input
  2. Productions
  3. Prices / Output

• Syllabus of Agriculture

  

• Macro View of Indian Agriculture

  

  Dalwai Panel on Doubling Farmers Income - Quote on Questions of Agriculture

  

  Challenges to Crop Diversification 👇

  

• Practise Questions : Enhancing Input use Efficiency

  

• Total Factor Productivity (TFP) in Agriculture

  

• Total Factor Productivity (TFP) for Various Factors

  

  

• Practise Question on TFP

  

• Sample Question on Micro Irrigation

  

  PSL Loans on Agri concentrated in Urban Areas as PSL on Agri also includes Food Processing Industry.

• Water Management

  

  Niti Aayog’s CWMI is Composite Water Management Index

  According to CWMI: India is staring at one of its worst water crisis, as by 2030 its demand will be more than the supply. currently 85% water is used by agriculture.

  This will lead to loss of 6% GDP for India

  Indian Easement Act: Water Below Ground is private property

• Agricultural Credit, GCF Formation & Subsidies

  

• Mechanisation of Indian Agri

  Case Study Microsoft with Govt tell Farmers, what price they may get for their produce

• Structural Transformation Needed

  

Chapter 2 - Agricultural Marketing (3 Farm Laws)

• First Farm Law - APMC & Trade Area

  

  

  

• Second Farm Law - Contract Farming

  

  First Farm Law - Contract Farming

  

  Second Farm Law - Contract Farming

  

  Second Farm Law

  

• Third Farm Law - Essential Commodities Act

  

• Over All Recommendations on 3 Farm Law

  

• Special Case of Kerala & Bihar

  NCAER - National Council for Applied Economic Research Study in Kerala and Bihar which are without APMC selling restriction

  

Chapter 3 - MSP (Minimum Support Price)

• Basics of MSP

  1. Covers : 22 Commodities
  2. Decisions
     1. Recommendations by CACP : Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices
     2. Announcement by CCEA : Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
  3. MSP is declared as 1.5 times the Production Cost
  4. Approaches to Measure Production Cost
     1. A2 Approach - Cost of Input Paid by Farmers
     2. A2 + FL Approach - Included All Input Paid + Implied Cost of Family Labour
     3. C2 Approach : All Paid + Unpaid Input
  5. Swaminathan Cmt recommended following of C2 Approach but presently we are following A2 FL Approach

• Why declare MSP

  

• Problems with MSP Regime

  

• Legalisation of MSP

  

  

  

• Farmers of Punjab & Agri Diversification

  

  

• PM Aasha

  

  

  

  

• Problems with Price Deficiency Payment

  

• E-NAM

  

  E NAM is regulated by SFAC - Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium

  Infrastructural Gap in E NAM by AIF - Agricultural Infrastructure Fund

  

  

• Inverse Fork to Farm Strategy

  

Chapter 1 - Infrastructure in India

• Introduction to Infrastructure in India

  Infrastructure is = Physical + Social + Digital

  JAM - Jandhan Aadhar Mobile

  

  

  Viability Gap Funding Scheme for PPP Products - Economically Not Viable by Socially Viable

  At Independence, India has 53,000 KM of Railway Line which then became 64,000 KM in 2011. We converted Narrow Gage Lanes into Broad Gage and Additional 11,000 KM

  12 Ports in India

  Gati Shakti Master Plan : From Road to Railway to Port or Airport

• Challenges related to financing of Infrastructure Projects in India

  

  

  IIFCL - Indian INfrastrcuture Finance Company Limited

  

• Challenges to PPP - Public Private Partnership

  

  

• Strategies to Promote Infra Financing

  

  DFI - Developmental Financial Institutions

• Committee

  Kelkar Committee on PPP

• Sample Question

  

  

  

Chapter 2 - National Infrastructure Pipeline

1. Spending 111 Lac Crore
2. Maximum Money in Energy Sector
3. Share of State Govt hIghest amongst Centre, State, Private
4. Answer or Points for DFI or NaBFID would be same

Chapter 3 - National Monetisation Pipeline

• Benefits
  1. Efficient Utilisation of Resources
  2. Investment in Capital Expenditure
  3. Increase GDP
  4. Boost Infra Development
  5. Increase PPP
  6. No Burden on Fiscal Deficit
  7. Risk of Pvt Sector is less as maintenance is done not creation
• Challenges
  1. Getting PPP is tough - Lack of
  2. Pvt Sector may charge more
  3. Deciding time for Monetisation
  4. Proper Listing of Assets
  5. Red Tapism in the process
  6. Less Transparency
  7. Only Big Business Conglomerates can participate
• Strategies by NITI Aayog

Chapter 4 - Inland Waterways

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Chapter 5 - Indian Railways

1. Rakesh Mohan & Vivek Debroy Committee
2. Cross Subsidisation on Passenger to Freight
3. Haider Ganj and Ahmednagar
4. PPP Model Benefit Stakeholders
   1. Railway
      1. Reduced Cost of INcreased Luxury
      2. Maintenance cost Saved
   2. Private Sector
      1. Initial Cost of Rail reduced
      2. Only Operational cost needed
   3. Travellers
      1. World Class Amenities
      2. Time bound service
5. Haulage Charge IRCTC Paying Delhi Lucknow Tejas at 15 Lac Per Day

Chapter 6 - Electric Mobility

Chapter 7 - Discomms